Wind symphony concert
The San Jose Wind Symphony is auditioning new conductors following Maestro Edward C. Harris’s announcement that he’s retiring this month after 20 years at the helm.
The four finalists are all getting the chance to step up to the podium this season to program, rehearse and conduct a San Jose Wind Symphony concert. On May 21, Dr. Danielle Gaudry will take her shot with “Music and Muses,” a program of music that was inspired by other art forms. The concert is set for 3 p.m. at the McAfee Performing Arts Center, 20300 Herriman Ave.
Dance is represented by Arturo Marquez’s “Conga Del Fuego Nuevo, ““Terpsichorean Dances” by Jodie Blackshaw and Florence B. Price’s “Three Negro Dances.” Literature is represented by “Seal Lullaby” by Eric Whitacre based on Rudyard Kipling’s poem, and Rainer Maria Rilke’s poem, ”Contre Qui, Rose,” is put to music by Morten Lauridsen.
The program also features Norman Dello Joio’s “Scenes from the Louvre,” “Ballet Parisien” by Jacques Offenbach and a new work by composer Viet Cuong titled “Sound and Smoke.”
Gaudry is an associate professor of music at California State University, East Bay, where she serves as director of bands and coordinator of instrumental music. She is in line to be the wind symphony’s third conductor in 65 years.
Concert tickets are $7-$22 at http://www.sjws.org/buy-tickets.
Free Movie Nights
The City of Saratoga is hosting free, family-friendly events on the third Friday of June, July and August in El Quito Park. Movies begin at sundown, but attendees can come early to enjoy pre-movie activities and set up their spot.
“DC League of Super-Pets” screens June 16, followed by “Wall-E” on July 21 and “Inside Out” on Aug. 18.
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